• As a recognition of able and efficient service, J. W. Milliken of this city has been elected president of the Michigan State Sunday School Association for a second term. This honor is entirely without precedent in the forty six years of the Association's history.
• A series of six parties is being arranged for the season and it is expected that these affairs will be the most pleasant the city has ever had. The parties will be given by the same people who were members of the Elite Dancing Club last season.
• The committee on a county poor farm, appointed by the chairman of the board of supervisors, met Saturday and looked over several sites which they have under consideration. A thorough investigation will be made throughout the state before the matter is again laid before the board.
• At the meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary of Grace church Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. L. Bailey, the Rev. and Mrs. C. T. Stout were presented with a magnificent eight day clock as a token of the esteem in which they are held by the members of the church. Mrs. Stout, although almost overcome by the unexpectedness of the present and the kind thoughts, managed to warmly thank her friends.
• For the first time death has broken in on the family of John B. Nash of this city and taken the head of the household. Mr. Nash, aged 66, died November 15 after a week's illness with inflammation of the bladder. Deceased had not been in good health for years and had been nearly blind for some time. He leaves a wife and six children.
• This office is in receipt of the latest publication of newspaper information bearing the title "Newspapers Worth Counting”, edited by George P. Rowell of New York . The distinction accorded the Grand Traverse Herald shows that the paper is regarded as one of the very best of the class in Michigan.
• Mrs. Lou Cole of Pine Street was very much worried when she read of the sinking of the little steamer Dix on Puget Sound as her brother, Dell Lovejoy, rides to and from work on that boat and his two daughters, who attend high school in Seattle, also use the boat for the trip. However, his name was not in the list of the dead and her terrible anxiety was lightened.
• E. F. Holcomb has secured the position of district manager with the Great Eastern Casualty and Indemnity Company of New York for Northern Michigan. Mr. Holcomb has charge of the entire state north of Grand Rapids and will soon devote his entire time to the work.
• Somebody stole a chicken from D. E. Wynkoop a few evenings ago and thereby hangs a tale. The chicken was a fine breed and cost just $7 cash. The guilty party is not known at present, but may develop later. The funny part was that for three days before it was stolen, the chicken stood around with its feathers ruffled up, the very picture of misery. If the thief ate the bird, evidently he had a fine meal.
• The 2-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Carmine met with a severe injury to her scalp yesterday and it is feared that blood poisoning may set in. The little one had started to ascend the stairs but lost her balance and fell backward, the back of her head striking a pail which was at the foot of the flight and a severe scalp wound was the result.
• Papers were signed Saturday afternoon by which H. and J. A. Montague became possessors of the Saxton hardware store who will take possession after the inventory which was started this morning is completed. In the spring, a new two-story building will be erected on the site just purchased.
• After returning from the upper peninsula with a plentiful supply of deer, Charles Mater and his wife tendered a venison dinner Tuesday evening to several of their neighbors. The venison was delightfully prepared and the rating of it and the accompanying dishes was indeed a pleasure. One of the unique features of the dinner was the fact that the head of the deer that they were eating, newly mounted, was hanging above the table.
• Advice on deportment. Learn to deny yourself and prefer others.
• Medical advice of a century ago. All work and no play is a fruitful cause of ill health.
• Best buy of the week. Children's Felt Shoes, 50 cents at A. V. Friedrich.